FOOTBALL FANATICS
TRIBUTE TO #1 STEELERS FAN OF ALL-TIME
A woman attended an NFL game Sunday, taking with her the ashes of her husband who was an incredibly avid fan of the home team.
Kathy Desrosiers, 60, of New Hampshire flew to Pittsburgh to attend a Steelers game, the team that her husband had followed ever since a young age, despite being a New Hampsire resident. Desrosiers showed up at the game decked out in the team colors, and carrying with her the urn that held the remains of Richard Desrosiers.
Desrosier also had with her Richard's ring, as well as two photographs of her husband who succumbed to a brain tumor back in March, and died at 58.
"I couldn't' take the tumor away. I couldn't take the pain away. I couldn't make him better. But I can do this," said Desrosiers, whose trip was arranged by Amy Litterini, the couple's counselor while Richard was battling with the cancer.
Litterini arranged to raise the money for Kathleen's trip, as well as the purchase of two tickets. Kathleen was then flown to the game with her son Kevin, who described the experience as "pretty awesome," as quote by MSNBC.
Kathleen said, "It's sad to think he got here in death...but this is where he wanted to be. It was what he asked me to do."
She acknowledged the "overwhelming" experience as a chance for her to do one last thing with her husband.
Richard Desrosiers was described as a loyal follower of the Steelers, naming his dog Steelers and, according to Kathleen, owning a wardrobe that was in her estimate 95 percent Steelers gear.
During his funeral, he was covered in a Steelers blanket, and his two stepsons wore Steelers jerseys for the ceremony.
Following his other request, his tombstone bore the Steelers team logo.
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